Harold Land - The Fox
Tenor, sax - Harold Land
Piano - Elmo Hope
Trumpet - Dupree Bolton
Bass - Herbie Lewis
Drums - Frank Butler
Written by Harold Land (A1, B2), Elmo Hope (A2 to B1, B3)
1LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press: Quality Record Pressings
Label : Craft Recordings - Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series
Original Label : Contemporary Records
Recorded at Radio Recorders Studio B in Los Angeles, August 1959
Engineered by Art Becker, David Wiechman
Original session produced by David Axelrod
Reissue produced by Chad Kassem
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Liner Notes by Leonard Feather
Photography by Ray Avery, Bob Skeetz
Design by George Kershaw
Originally released in 1960
Reissued in April 2024
Tracks :
Side A :
- The Fox
- Mirror-Mind Rose
- One Second, Please
Side B :
- Sims A-Plenty
- Little Chris
- One Down
Reviews :
“Due to his decision to settle in Los Angeles, tenor saxophonist Harold Land has long been underrated. A strong bop stylist who later on would be influenced a great deal by John Coltrane, Land in 1959 had a sound closer to Sonny Rollins. For this excellent straight-ahead quintet set with trumpeter Dupree Bolton and pianist Elmo Hope, Land performs four of Hope's superior but little-known compositions along with two of his own. This is high-quality hard bop, easily recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz.” AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.17 / 5 , The Penguin Guide to Jazz : 3.5 / 5 , The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide : 4 / 5 , The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz : 2 / 5